Michael Cohen - Charlie Kirk Will Not Become a Martyr

Charlie Kirk will not become a martyr. Let me say that again because the noise machine is working overtime: he will not become a martyr. His death was brutal, tragic, unjustified—and, let’s be clear, unacceptable. A political assassination is never justified. Not by ideology, not by anger, not by some twisted belief that violence will silence or elevate ideas. That’s not America. What makes this country America is the one thing Kirk and I actually agreed on, though from very different vantage points: free speech.

But free speech comes with an unspoken truth: words live or die by whether they resonate. Kirk built a movement, yes. He founded Turning Point when he was just eighteen, and for over a decade he worked to reshape the conversation on college campuses. He created a juggernaut of conservative activism that could pack auditoriums, churn out memes, and train young loyalists to parrot talking points. For a while, it worked. He had Trump’s ear, Fox News airtime, and the cult of personality that kept him trending.

And now? He’s gone.

Already, the machinery of myth-making is underway. President Trump took to Truth Social, declaring him “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk.” I’ve been around Trump long enough to recognize the pattern. Words like “legendary” get thrown around until they lose meaning. A casket will be paraded, cameras will linger, hashtags will trend. For a few weeks, his name will be spoken in reverence by those who believe martyrdom can be manufactured. Statues may rise, tributes may pour in, and headlines will call him “the voice of the youth.”

But give it two weeks. I’ve heard Trump say it a thousand times in the backrooms of power: “Let’s see what happens in two weeks.” He wasn’t wrong. Outrage has a shelf life in America. The mass shootings keep coming, the scandals keep multiplying, the news cycle spins so fast we barely remember what we were mad about yesterday.

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